Survey - Do you look forward to Christmas or Kickoff most?

[Steve W]

As the excitement builds I thought that this might be a good question to ask.

[Lisa Rodriguez]

As much as I love Kickoff, Christmas is much better in my book. My whole family doesn't give me presants for kickoff, nor do i get the day off of school, or that friday before, darn it, maybe i should try for that one.

[Sully]

christmas may be exciting and a time of family and joy, but Kick off is far less stressful. I can do what I love to do 'Think and Act'.

[Billfred]

Kickoff definitely wins on the stress factor.

However, Christmas is the way I can afford to get to things like Kickoff or the Championship. So I have to give the edge to Christmas.

[Rich Kressly]

Yes

two little boys at home
another brand new game
it's just a great time of year all around

[henryBsick]

From a materialistic standpoint...
Christmas-Lots of goodies and new electronic toys
Kickoff-Lots of goodies and bigger better electronic toys and maybe some inflatable clowns this year!
Who cares about stress for either event when there is no school \m/
Kickoff is definitly weighing down its side of the balance, for me anyway.

[Dorienne]

I'm looking forward to both, but moreso Kickoff. Yes, I love being with my family, no question. This is a very rare thing with my family, considering we're all busy and such. We hardly see each other.
But robotics is the one thing that keeps me more sane than anything. (Yes, yes, I can actually be sane.) =D
Christmas is becoming less of a big thing for me, traditionally. I find it to be very uplifting spiritually, of course, but it's no big deal for me with the presents and stuff.
Kickoff is really going to be something, mainly because it involves something I'm not expecting. Christmas I always expect the usual thing.
Heck I have a countdown in my profile for Kickoff going for goodness sakes!!
I'm excited for Christmas, don't get me wrong..good spiritual thing. But yeah...Kickoff just plain rocks. =D

[Bcahn836]

Kickoff, because that gives me something to do for six weeks straight. The stuff i get for Christmas will keep me entertained for a few days.

[shyra1353]

kickoff for sure ... especially since i don't celebrate christmas ...

[ShadowKnight]

Well, I love christmas as much as the next person, but I mean holidays have never been as fuzzy wuzzy as society would like to make them appear. Robotics for me though really is hard to beat. Though tiring and exhausting, the memories you build are priceless. Kickoff gets the cookie in my oppinion.

[Ted Boucher]

Kickoff wins in my book!
Christmas is good but way to short, and predictable. You told people what you would like, giving you a good idea for what is to come. Kickoff is like buying a big miscellaneous box of things off ebay. You NEVER know what you are going to get. Kickoff is also the beginning of a much longer thing. It gives you the chanse to get together and start FIRST life again. Now what is a better present than getting fun and stress!

[Yan Wang]

Xmas, of course. It entails a vacation period with presents, rest, relaxation, family, and food, things that FIRST deprives us of during the strenuous and testing build period (not complaining though). How could kickoff be more important than that? I care about the entire season and the time that I get to work with my teammates and mentors. Kickoff is a 3 hour webcast for me.

[Koko Ed]

Christmas isn't as fun as it used to be (if I want something I go out and buy it. To me tax day is Christmas - $2500 in the bank is a great present! ) while I in the throes of FIRST addiction so I love the excitment of build season so I am eager to see what the new game will be.

[Bill Gold]

The Kickoff definitely trumps Christmas/Chanukah or my birthday. I can never really think of things I would want (with the exception of my laptop last year) for those occasions, but I always look forward to the games, hoping they’ll be better and better. To me, there’s nothing more exciting than seeing the black curtains come down exposing the new field/game (and I’ve only seen it via webcast/telecast, never live). That moment has been my Christmas for the past 5 years, and will be again this year.

Christmas...cause im burnt out